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Blue Nights
Joan Didion

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Blues for an Alabama Sky
Pearl Cleage

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1995

Blues for Mister Charlie
James Baldwin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

Blue Shoes and Happiness
Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Blue Smoke
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

Blurred Lines
Lauren Layne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bob
Wendy Mass, Rebecca Stead

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Bobos in Paradise
David Brooks

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000

Boccaccio
Thomas G. Bergin

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1963

Bodega Dreams
Ernesto Quiñonez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Body Double
Tess Gerritsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Body in Question
Jonathan Miller

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1967

Body of Evidence
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

Boesman and Lena
Athol Fugard

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1969

Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bombingham
Anthony Grooms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Bondage
David Henry Hwang

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1996

Bone
Jeff Smith

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 1991

Bonechiller
Graham McNamee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2008

Bone Crier's Moon
Kathryn Purdie

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2020

Bone Crossed
Patricia Briggs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Bone Gap
Laura Ruby

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Bones & All
Camille DeAngelis

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Bones Are Forever
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Bones Don't Lie
Melinda Leigh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Boneshaker
Cherie Priest

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2009

Bones of the Hills
Conn Iggulden

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

Bones to Ashes
Kathy Reichs

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Bonfire
Krysten Ritter

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Eric Metaxas

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2010

Bonjour Tristesse
Francoise Sagan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1954

Booked
Kwame Alexander

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Bookends
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2003

Book Love
Debbie Tung

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Book Lover
Emily Henry

Fiction | YA | Published in 2014

Book Lovers
Emily Henry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Book of Ages
Jill Lepore

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2013

Book of a Thousand Days
Shannon Hale

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Book of Common Prayer
Thomas Cranmer

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 1549

Book of Night
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Book of Revelation
John the Apostle

Nonfiction | Scripture | Adult | Published in 90

Book of Shadows
Cate Tiernan

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2007

Book of the Dead
Patricia Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Book Scavenger
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Books for Living
Will Schwalbe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Bookshops & Bonedust
Travis Baldree

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Bookstore
Lynne Tillman

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1999

Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Michael Lewis

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

Boomsday
Christopher Buckley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Boomtown Blues
Andrew Gulliford

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

Boot Camp
Todd Strasser

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
Elizabeth Partridge

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2008

Border Crossing
Caitlin Maling

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

Borderlands La Frontera
Gloria E. Anzaldua

Nonfiction | Essay Collection | Adult | Published in 1987

Boris Godunov
Alexander Pushkin

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1825

Born a Crime
Trevor Noah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2016

Born At Midnight
C.C. Hunter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Born Behind Bars
Padma Venkatraman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Born Confused
Tanuja Desai Hidier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Borne
Jeff VanderMeer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds
Joy Adamson, George Page

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2000

Born in Death
J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Born in Fire
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1994

Born in Ice
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Born in Shame
Nora Roberts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1996

Born of Night
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Born on a Blue Day
Daniel Tammet

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2006

Born on the Fourth of July
Ron Kovic

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Born Standing Up
Steve Martin

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2007

Born Survivors
Wendy Holden

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2015

Born to Rock
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Born to Run
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1982

Born to Run: Biography
Bruce Springsteen

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2016

Borrowed Finery
Paula Fox

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2001

Bossman
Vi Keeland

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Bossypants
Tina Fey

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult

Botchan
Natsume Sōseki

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1906

Bottled Up
Jaye Murray

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Boundary Waters
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

Bound by Duty
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bound by Flames
Jeaniene Frost

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bound by Hatred
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bound by Honor
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Bound by Love
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Bound by Temptation
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Bound by the Past
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Bound by Vengeance
Cora Reilly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Boundless
Cynthia Hand

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2013

Bow Before the Elf Queen
J.M. Kearl

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Bowlaway
Elizabeth McCracken

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Boxers
Gene Luen Yang

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2013

Boxers and Saints
Gene Yang

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2013